Cabinet talking-machine.



H. D. DAFILINGTON.

CABINET TALKING MACHINE. I

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3. I916.

Y 1,253,010. Patented Jan, 8,1918.

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CABINET TALKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLED N0v.a.19xe.

1 ,253,010. Patented Jan. 8 1918.

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HOWARD D. DARLINGTON, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

CABINET TALKING-MACHINE.

Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

Application filed November 3, 1916. Serial No. 129,311.

,vide a cabinet of a novel construction in which sound pipes are utilized in connection with the amplifying chamber of the cabinet.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cabinet which is made of metal.

WVith the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts a herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the application, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective elevation of a cabinet embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section thereof illustrating the connection between the sound pipes and the amplifying chamber;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 3-3 Fig. 2; and i Fig. 1 is a plan view of a cabinet cylindrical in form.

Referring to the drawings, 5 5 are tubular metal standards which constitute the support of the cabinet, suitable casters 6 being provided at the lower ends of said standards to facilitate the displacement of the cabinet. The standards are united by a shallow chamber 7 nearer the upper ends of said standards. Each of said standards has a sound-pipe opening 8 near the upper end thereof. The bottom of the chamber 7 separates the lower part of the standard 5 from the part above the chamber and which is in communication with said chamber. A plurality of sound pipes 9 are disposed on the top of the chamber 7 along each edge thereof between the upper parts of the standards 5, said pipes being preferably made of brass. These pipes are of various lengths and,

consequently, are adapted to produce different tones.

Mounted on the top of the chamber 7 is a frusto-pyramidal-shaped chamber 10 the base of which opens into the chamber 7. This chamber is preferably made of the same metal as the chamber 7. It is surrounded by a housing 11 which rises from the chamber 7 in the rear of the pipes 9, the top 12 of said housing being spaced from the top of the chamber 10 to accommodate the transmission means from the member 13 to the disk support 14 mounted above the top 12. The chamber 10 has a conduit 15 extending through the top 12 of the l1ousing 11 whereat the amplifying arm 16 is connected to the conduit. A suitably-shaped cover 17 is secured to the top 12 of the housing. The standards 5 below the cham her 7 are united by wall members 18 on three sides. This inclosure is properly subdivided to form a cabinet for storing records, a suitable door 19 being provided to give access to the inclosure formed below the chamber 7.

In Fig. 1 a modified structure is shown in which the cabinet is cylindrical in form. The standards 5 are in communication with the circular chamber 7 which carries the sound pipes 9' near the margin of the chamber. The chamber 10, in lieu of being pyramidal, is conical, but the relation of it with the chamber 7 and the rest of the structure of the cabinet is substantially the same.

I claim:

1. The combination of a tapered amplifying chamber closed at one end, and a plu rality of sound pipes of different lengths rising from the closed end of said chamber.

2. In combination with the upwardly-tapering amplifying closed chamber of a talking machine, a plurality of sound pipes connected to said chamber near the bottom thereof so that the sound waves must travel through said pipes.

3. A cabinet for talking machines comprising an upwardly-tapering amplifying chamber, a housing surrounding the amplifying chamber, a shallow chamber in communication with the bottom of the amplifrying chamber, and sound pipes rising from said shallow chamber about the housing.

4:. A cabinet for talking machines comprising tubular standards, a shallow chamber in communication with said standards nearer to the top thereof, an upwardly taperinp; amplifying chamber supported by the shallow chamber and in communica tion therewith, the upper portion of said standards constituting sound pipes, a housing resting on the shallow chamber and inclosing' said amplifying chamber, and a plurality of sound pipes supported by said hal- 11 i low chamber and in communication therewith disposcd about said housing.

HOXVARD D. DARLINGTON.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eaten/cs,

Washington, D. C. 

